HOWTO: Configuring Logitech mice in Ubuntu 6.06: New Guide

[NoTiG]

hmmmm. not sure if i understand. FOr example... to open a new tab in firefox is Control + t . to open the history is control + H .... etc...... i just want to use the thumb butotn as control then my left hand for those other keys....

when i press control i hold it down.... did you mean the opposite of what you said ?

[NoTiG]

here is the output from xev when i press the button:

KeyPress event, serial 31, synthetic YES, window 0x4200001,
root 0x186, subw 0x0, time 0, (1,1), root1,1),
state 0x0, keycode 37 (keysym 0xffe3, Control_L), same_screen YES,
XLookupString gives 0 bytes:
XmbLookupString gives 0 bytes:
XFilterEvent returns: False

and here is the output when i press the actual control button

KeyPress event, serial 31, synthetic NO, window 0x4200001,
root 0x186, subw 0x0, time 899081723, (127,167), root140,263),
state 0x0, keycode 37 (keysym 0xffe3, Control_L), same_screen YES,
XLookupString gives 0 bytes:
XmbLookupString gives 0 bytes:
XFilterEvent returns: False

hmm. i wonder what synthetic refers to.

[binatice]

Well, before the guide you were most likely using the mouse driver. And it was bad then too, correct?

Aye, both before and after the guide. The problem remains.

[TigPT]

not worket to my Logitech V400

can you help me? ther are something that need be difrent?

thks anyway.. think this is a good tutorial for logitech users!

[detyabozhye]

here is the output from xev when i press the button:

KeyPress event, serial 31, synthetic YES, window 0x4200001,
root 0x186, subw 0x0, time 0, (1,1), root1,1),
state 0x0, keycode 37 (keysym 0xffe3, Control_L), same_screen YES,
XLookupString gives 0 bytes:
XmbLookupString gives 0 bytes:
XFilterEvent returns: False

and here is the output when i press the actual control button

KeyPress event, serial 31, synthetic NO, window 0x4200001,
root 0x186, subw 0x0, time 899081723, (127,167), root140,263),
state 0x0, keycode 37 (keysym 0xffe3, Control_L), same_screen YES,
XLookupString gives 0 bytes:
XmbLookupString gives 0 bytes:
XFilterEvent returns: False

hmm. i wonder what synthetic refers to.

If you press control and let go, then press "w", it won't close a window in Firefox, correct? You have to HOLD control and press "w" to close a window. When you map your mouse buttons to a keyboard key, when you press the button, it'll do keypress and release right away, it won't release when you release the button. The button sends the event on press, not on release.

[detyabozhye]

Aye, both before and after the guide. The problem remains.

hmm, might be a bug in the kernel. I guess report a bug.

[detyabozhye]

not worket to my Logitech V400

can you help me? ther are something that need be difrent?

thks anyway.. think this is a good tutorial for logitech users!

Which part isn't working? I need to know where exactly you got stuck.

[daou]

I got all the buttons on my Logitech MX Revolution working. Followed the guide but needed a few tweaks in the xorg.conf file and in the udev rule.

EDIT: lomoco doesn't seem to support the MX Revo yet.

[damaged]

Phew! Finished.

Sections 1 and 2 worked perfectly for my MX700. Thanks a bunch.

I only had one little bit of confusion over this part:

Important: the eventX part should stay as eventX, where X is a number not taken already, the current evdev driver will not take anything but eventX.)

I was about to change this bit:

KERNEL=="event[0-9]*"

but then realised that you must have meant to change this bit:

NAME="input/event9"

Anyway, maybe a bit of extra clarification there wouldn't go astray.

I also ran into problems in the "Section 3: lomoco (Resolution, etc.) (Optional)" part.

I ran into this problem:

dave@ubuntu:~$ sudo lomoco -8
001.003: 046d:c50b Unsupported Logitech device: USB Receiver

Does that mean that this section doesn't apply to MX700's and other infrared mice?

I have been having trouble with my mouse in terms of its control. It seems to have a bit of life of its own sometimes and is like walking a big dog which has other ideas about where the two of you are going.

Any help with this would be great.

[msak007]

Has anybody tried this guide in Edgy to see if it still works? I'm thinking of upgrading my Desktop to Edgy when it comes out but want to make sure my mouse still works.